CC3C - Colored Crackle

Happy happy Saturday crafty candy lovers! HUH?  It's almost Halloween and I have the sweet stuff on the brain! I LOVE candy, and can't wait to raid the bags of a few kids I know!!! It's time for the fourteenth challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! I can't believe we have already done that many!  Again and again, The Curiosity Crew and I absolutely love at all the entries for these challenge!!! I am always so inspired! Thank you for joining in on all the fun, and of course for all of the comments.

Challenge number fourteen is all about the yummy technique of  Colored Crackle!  I know I say it a lot, but this is a favorite of mine!!! I guess I love them all! I hope you can play along on this challenge so you can win some amazing fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this challenge's sponsor, The Funkie Junkie Boutique!!! Thank you sponsors for your generosity! You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can carefully read all the rules here. Please take the time to visit every member of the Curiosity Crew (See below.) for not only some gorgeous layered inspiration, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!

Linda Ledbetter

Annette Green

Candy Colwell

Cheryl Grigsby

Hels Sheridan

Marjie Kemper

Susan Mostek

Yvonne Blair 

Last year, I picked up a holiday magazine that had several Halloween projects in it, and I loved one in particular, which was altering pumps to create witches shoes. I dog eared the page, and put the magazine somewhere. SOMEWHERE is no where to be found now. Soooo, I played around with the way I thought these should go using a lot of goods from the Ranger arsenal, and I loved the result. While trying to decide on my decor for the shoes, I thought I'd google 'witches shoes' and came up with a ton of results on pinterest. I mean a ton! So much for trying to be original, but I hope you like my take! These could be used for candy, plants, cookies, and whatever else you'd like to put on a tray for Halloween. I think any holiday or special event would work for these too!

I used to go into an office and work, and had to dress the part. Now, I work at home, so it's flip flops and yoga pants for me,  so I'll just alter what I don't use anymore! BAHAHAHAHAHA! These shoes were perfect to alter. Lots of foil,Grunge paper dies, masking tape, and phone book paper went onto these. It was soooooooooooo much fun! Making pinatas would be a great job for me! AND...before you ask...they took me almost a week and a half to make, but oh so worth it!

Painting, glittering, and decorating them were so much fun! I loved using Tim's Colored Crackle technique on them as well...it was icing on this cake...not to mention lots of Distress Glitter!!!

Phone book paper is the greatest substrate...who knew?!! It took Distress Paint and Archival Ink so well! Lots of Stamper's Anonymous images were used in the making of the tray!

The Sizzix Cobwebs die really helped set the spooky tone on the tray.

 

 

They made my coffee table come to life, and notice there is no candy in them....nom nom nom!

Isn't this challenge perfect for your Halloween Art? I hope you join in on all the fun! Enjoy this week's candy!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Multi Medium Matte	Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Paint	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Spiced Marmalade	Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Seedless Preserve
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mowed Lawn	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Ranger Glossy Accents	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Halloween 3
Mini Halloween Stamp Set	Mini Halloween II Stamp Set	$17.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Seasonal Catalog 1	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Spiced Marmalade	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Black Soot
Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Seedless Preserves	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Mowed Lawn	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Buckles	Idea-ology Long Fasteners	Idea-ology Mini Corners
Idea-ology Fragments	Seasonal Reflections Stamp Set	Alcohol Ink Applicator Tool	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Botanical	Snow Cap Mixative
Idea-ology Mirrored Stars	Idea-ology Jump Rings	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Odds & Ends Stamp Set	Ranger Inkssentials Kraft Cardstock 8.5x11"	Spiced marmalade - Distress ink
Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Cobwebs

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

12 Tags of 2014 - October

Hey there everyone! I'm back and before the end of the month, to show you my October tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014. He used so many techniques that I love on his tag, and I of course had to do the same, however, I was also inspired by some pumpkins I recently saw in a Grandin Road Catalog.

I just love the non-traditional pumpkins they have in their catalog, so I made a few of my own, but with paper!

The photos just don't do the pumpkins or the backgrounds justice. I either need a photography class or a new camera.

I love Tim's new Pumpkin Parts Sizzix die! It was so easy to put together. I die cut these from scrap cardboard, and gave them all a few coats of White Picket Distress Paint.

Using a Mini Inking Blending Tool and Pitch Black Distress Paint, I stenciled in the designs onto the pumpkins. The trick to doing this is using very little paint, and making sure the paint is thoroughly in the pad.

I added a little Distress Paint to the edges of the Alpha Tiles, and then added Distress Glitter.

I used the 31 instead of the spider, and used Brushed Pewter and Black Soot Spray Distress Stain. I thought it needed a little more color, so a Spiced Marmalade Distress Marker and Marker Spritzer did the trick!

The Mini Blueprint Pumpkins didn't require much color since I wanted them white, but Pumice Stone Distress Marker provided great shadow.

I love Orange Peel Stickles the best! The color is opaque rather than just glitter, and I love that! It highlighted each pumpkin just the way I wanted.

I have had these leaves in my stash a zillion years, but they were the wrong color. Ranger's Alcohol Ink colored them right up.

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials #10 Jumbo Manila Tags	Mini Halloween II Stamp Set	Idea-ology Mask Sheets	Jet Black Stazon	Distress Embossing Ink
Ranger Black Embossing Powder	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils in Halloween	Ranger Dina Wakley Palette Knife	Ranger Texture Paste	Ranger Inkssentials Mister
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Black Soot	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Brushed Pewter	Tonic Tim Holtz Distress Tool	Distress Markers Set	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Pumpkin Parts Bigz Die
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Picket Fence	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils in Harlequin	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils in Bubble	Tim Holtz Collection Stencils Gothic	Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Paint
Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Idea-ology Alpha Chips in Elementary	Ranger Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Black Soot	Tonic Tim Holtz Retractable Craft Pick
Idea-ology Mini Fasteners	Tim Holtz Distress Specialty Stamping Paper	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Blueprints 5	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Ranger Water Brush - Detailer Tip
Ranger ADHESIVE - WHITE FOAM ROLL 1/2" X 1/16"x 2.1 YDS.	Idea-ology Monocles	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Spiced Marmalade	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Halloween, Apothecary	Idea-ology Jump Rings
Tim Holtz Baubles	Idea-ology Swivel Clasps	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tinsel Twine - Black	Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher Stapler	Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles
Adirondack Alcohol Ink In Sunset Orange

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!